The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1946
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
11:48 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -24.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.98° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.26° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.